2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 89
3 : E Z R A
Cf.
Gn.21:2-3,
Gn. 25:25-26;
Mal.1:2-3;
Rom. 9:13.
Cf. Ex. 19:1;
Dt. 4:10.
And to all the
generations
of Israel, that
they should
keep it with
diligence.
Cf.
1 Cor. 15:45.
Origin of
Paul’s
doctrine.
M E D I A T E S
covenant with him, promising
him that you would never
forsake his seed.
16 And unto him, you gave
Isaac, and unto Isaac also you
gave Yacob and Esau. As for
Yacob thou did choose him
to yourself, and put by Esau:
and so Yacob became a great
multitude.
17 And it came to pass, that
when you led his seed out of
Egypt, you brought them up
to the mount Sinai.
18 And bowing the heavens,
you did set fast the earth,
moved the whole world, and
made the depth to tremble,
and troubled the men of that
age.
19 And your glory went
through four gates, of fire, and
of earthquake, and of wind,
and of cold, that you might
give the law unto the seed of
Yacob, and diligence unto the
generation of Israel.
20 And yet you took not away
from them a wicked heart,
that your law might bring
forth fruit in them.
21 For the first Adam bearing
a wicked heart transgressed,
and was overcome; and so be
all they that are born of him.
22 Thus infirmity was made
permanent; and the law (also)
in the heart of the people with
the malignity of the root, so
F O R
I S R A E L
that the good departed away,
and the evil abode still.
23 So the times passed away,
and the years were brought to
an end: then did you raise up
a servant, called David,
24 Whom you commanded to
build a city unto your name,
and to offer incense and
oblations unto you therein.
25 When this was done many
years, then they that inhabited
the city forsook you,
26 And in all things did even as
Adam, and all his generations
had done, for they also had a
wicked heart.
27 And so you gave the city
over into the hands of your
enemies.
Babylon Compared with
Zion
28 Are their deeds then any
better that inhabit Babylon,
that they should therefore
have the dominion over Sion?
29 For when I came thither,
and had seen impieties
without number, then my soul
saw many evil doers in this
thirtieth year, so that my heart
failed me.
30 For I have seen how you
suffer them sinning, and have
spared wicked doers: and have
destroyed your people, and
have preserved your enemies,
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Cf. 1 Sam.
16:13.
Cf. 2 Sam.
5:1 and 7:5.
